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Board schedules May public hearing on VDOT six‑year secondary road plan after staff review
Summary
Rockbridge County staff and a VDOT representative reviewed the draft six‑year plan and the board voted to schedule a joint public hearing for the draft plan at the county’s May 12 meeting.
Rockbridge County supervisors heard a work‑session briefing on the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) six‑year secondary road improvement program on March 24 and set a joint VDOT/county public hearing for May 12, the board said.
VDOT residency administrator Susan Hammond reviewed the draft plan and the county’s secondary construction program, identifying two primary funding sources for the program: a telecommunications fee account and district grant funds. Hammond said the telecommunications fees are relatively flat over the six‑year period and total about $282,276 in the draft program; district grant funding is programmed at roughly $407,000 in the first four years before dropping in the final two years. She reported the program total in the draft secondary program is approximately $2,680,000.
Hammond told supervisors that several projects already appear in the plan as completed and that balances from completed projects were reallocated to accelerate later projects. Completed projects listed in the briefing include Snakefoot Lane, Eastfield Road and Union Run, along with Jacob’s Ladder and Millard Ward Memorial Highway. Projects under construction at the time of the meeting included Little Dry Hollow, Hollow Rock Road, Green Hill Road and Way. Hammond said Sunnybrook Road (Route 715) is planned as a rural‑rustic project covering 1.7 miles from Route 11 to Route 712; other projects she listed for future years included Fredericksburg Road (Route 723), Round Hill Road and Goose Creek Road (Route 717).
Hammond explained that project eligibility typically requires a minimum traffic volume—she cited a 50 vehicles‑per‑day threshold for inclusion in the prioritized list—and that some requested projects fall below that threshold and therefore remain in review. She also described the county’s rule of thumb for completed pipe replacement work: allow winter settling and then finish surface work in the spring so the new surface will last several years.
Following the work session presentation, the board voted to set the joint VDOT/county public hearing for May 12 at the regular meeting time (5:30 p.m.).
